Grass-seeding attachment for grain-drills.



W. A. VAN BRUNT.

GRASS SEEDING ATTACHMENT FOR GRAIN DBILLS.

APPLICATION FILED 001215, 1909.

964,715 Patented July 19, 1910.

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VILLARD A. VAN BRUNT, OF HORICON, WISCONSIN, ASSIGNOR TO THE VAN BRUNTMFG. 00., OF HORIGON, WISCONSIN.

GRASS-SEEDING ATTACHMENT FOR GRAIN-DRILLS.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLARD A. VAN BRUNT, of Horicon, in the county ofDodge and State of Wisconsin, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Grass Seeding Attachments for Grain-Drills; and I dohereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact descriptionof the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to whichit appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to an improvement in grass seeding attachments forgrain drills, the object of the invention being to provide means wherebythe grass seed can be discharged into the grain tubes, the conveyingmeans intermediate the grass seeder and the grain tubes beingdetachable, thus permitting the grass seed to be sown broadcast ifdesired.

A further object is to provide means for detachably connecting theflexible grain tubes to the seed cup.

With these and other ends in view my invention consists in the parts andcombinations of parts as will be more fully described and pointed out inthe claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a view in side elevation ofthe grain and grass seed hoppers showing the feed attachment of thelatter connected to the grain tubes. Fig. 2 is a similar view showingthem disconnected. Fig. 3 is a view in vertical section through theforce feed seed cup and grain tube of Fig. 1 tothe rear of looking lever9 and looking toward the front, andshowing the manner of securing thegrain receivers to the flexible tube, and Figs. 4 and 5 are views indetail showing the manner of detachably connecting the grain tube to theseed cup.

1 represents the grain hopper provided with a series of cups 2 with aforce feed seeding attachment 3 for each cup, the seeding attachmentsbeing of any well known approved form, that shown however beingsubstantially identical with the construction disclosed in my Patent No.695,509, granted March 18, 1902. The seed cup 2 is provided at one sideadjacent to its discharge outlet with a recessed seat 4 adapted toreceive a lug 5 cast integral with the grain receiver 6 on the innerface of the latter. The opposite side of the grain cup is also providedwith a recessed seat 7 open at its rear side Specification of LettersPatent.

Application filed October 15, 1909.

Patented July 19, 1910.

Serial No. 522,879.

and adapted to receive the bent end 8 of the spring locking lever 9.This locking lever is pivotally mounted in an opening in the upper endof the grain receiver 6 and when turned to approximately horizontalposition its bent end 8 easily enters the restricted opening to therecess 7 and by now turning the spring locking lever 9 down the bent end8 is turned at an angle to the entrance opening to the recess 7 and thuslocks the receiver 6 in its proper position but free to swing. Thespring locking lever 9 is held in its locked position by springing itsfree end into the recess 10 in the side of the grain receiver 6. Thegrain tube 15 is made of a steel ribbon wound spirally, the upper end ofthe spiral being secured to the receiver 6 and the lower end reinforcedby the metal ferrule 11 riveted to the lower end of the spiral tube. Thegrain receiver 6 is provided adjacent to its rear edge with the integrallugs 12 on which the trough 13 is mounted. This trough is provided withan enlarged upper end and is provided with a reduced lower end, whichlatter is concaved and is entered between the coils of the spiral tubeand discharges the grass seed into the tube below the plane of thereceiver 6. This trough 13 is preferably made of sheet metal with holesin its upper side edges to receive the lugs 12 on the grain receiver 6and in assembling the parts the lower discharge end of the trough isfirst entered between two coils of the spiral tube, after which thesides are sprung over the lugs 12 which locks the trough permanently inposit-ion.

14 is a seed cup secured to the underside of a hopper located in rear ofthe hopper 1. There is a seed cup 14 for each of the seed cups 2 andmeans are provided that will be hereinafter described for coupling upthe cups 14 with the tubes 15. Each seed cup 14 contains a force feedseeding device of any approved form adapted to feed grass seed.

Leading from each seed cup 14 to its trough 13 is the detachable spout16. This spout rests loosely at its lower end within trough 18 and isdetachably connected at its upper end to the cup 14 by the pin 17. Withthis arrangement it will be seen that grass seed fed from cups 14 by theforce feed seeding attachments will be discharged from the cups 14 intothe spout 16 and from the latter into troughs 13 and from thence intothe tubes. The grass seed can be sown independently of the grain or withthe grain as desired. When it is desired to sow the grass seed broadcastinstead of in drills, as above explained, the spouts 16 may be removedby simply withdrawing the pins 17 connecting them to the cups 14, but Iprefer after disconnecting them from the troughs to simply turn them andagain connect them to the cups 1% so that they may hang vertically anddischarge the grain broadcast.

With this improved attachment no change whatever is necessary in theforce feed seeding devices or in the grain receivers 6, hence by theaddition of the troughs 13 and spouts 16 I can convert a broadcast grassseeder into a drill and by simply removing the spouts can convert thedrill into a broadcast seeder.

It is evident that changes in the construction and relative arrangementof the several parts might be made without avoiding my invention andhence I would have it understood that I do not restrict myself to theparticular construction and arrangement of parts shown and described,but,

Having fully described my invention what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters-Patent, is,-

1. In a grain drill, the combination with a grain seeder and a graintube connected therewith and adapted to receive the discharge of graintherefrom, of a removable trough detachably secured near its upper endto the tube and discharging into the latter at a point below the topthereof, a grass seeder and a spout connected to thegrass seeder andresting on and discharging into the removable trough carried by thegrain tube.

2. The combination with a force feed grain seeder, a grain tube made ofspirally wound metal ribbon depending from the cup of said grain seederand a trough discharging into the tube between two coils of the latter,of a grass seeder located in rear of the grain seeder, and means forconveying the grass seed to the trough carried by the tube.

8. The combination with a force feed grain seeder, a grain tube made ofspirally wound ribbon depending from the cup of said grain seeder, and atrough discharging into the tube between two coils of the latter, of agrass seeder, and means for conveying the grass seed to the troughcarried by the tube.

4:. The combination with a force feed seeding machine, the cup of whichis provided with a closed recess on one side and an open recess 011 theother, of a grain tube the receiving end of which is provided with afixed lug adapted to rest within the closed recess, and a spring lockinglever journaled in said tube near the receiving end of the latterjournaled in the receiving end of the tube and adapted to enter the openrecess and be locked the-rein by turning it.

5. The combination with a force feed seeding device, the cup of which isprovided with a closed recess on one side and an open recess on theother side, of a tube the receiving end of which is provided with afixed lug adapted to enter the closed recess and with abent lever, thebent end of which is adapted when in one position to enter the otherrecess and be locked therein by turning it to its normal position.

6. The combination with a receiver, of a grain tube made of spirallywound metal ribbon attached to said receiver at its upper end and atrough, the lower end of which is inserted between two of the coils ofthe tube to receive and conduct grass seed to the interior of said tube.

In testimony whereof, I have signed this specification in the presenceof two subscribing witnesses.

IVILLARD A. VAN BRUNT.

IVitnesses F. H. CLAUSEN, H. MARSH.

